U.S. Marine Cpl. Gabriel Khan stages gear before an air assault training event on October 31, 2017 at Marine Corps Air Station Fuetenma, Okinawa, Japan. Marines with Charlie Co. were carried from Futenma to Ie Shima, where they carried out platoon attacks with machine gun emplacements in support of Blue Chromite 18. The central location of Blue Chromite 18 allows the Navy-Marine Corps team to......
Hometown: Gilmer, TX

During the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, Master Sgt. Travis E. Watkins, Company E, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, was killed during an assault by North Korean forces, as he covered the retreat of his men. For his actions, Watkins was awarded the Medal of Honor. Originally from Waldo, Ar., Watkins joined the Army in June 1939 from Troup, Tex., where his family moved when he was......
Hometown: Troup, TX

CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea – They fought for a month. Shots rang out in the August heat and continued well into September, but the UN forces that had been pushed back to Southern tip of the Korean peninsula held firm. Wave after wave of North Korean soldiers probed and pushed, but the defenders of the Republic of Korea managed to remain firm after months of being pushed back....
Hometown: Troup, TX